Man Killed at Santa Rosa Police Station

Published
4:00 am PST, Wednesday, January 31, 1996

Santa Rosa police shot and killed a man who entered a police station early yesterday and allegedly threatened officers.

A police statement said Dale Hearldene Robbins, 40, of Windsor, arrived at the building at 965 Sonoma Avenue in Santa Rosa at 4:15 a.m., for the second time in the night. He had earlier been asked to leave the station house because he seemed incoherent and his business could not be determined, police said.

On his return, police said, he demanded to see an officer and then became aggressive, holding a metal rod in a threatening manner and refusing to drop it. Robbins was sprayed in the face with pepper gas and did not respond, according to police. He then swung the metal rod at officer Dave Albritton, who fought back using his baton. Robbins was struck twice on the leg but continued advancing with the rod, police said.